Kosmos 1305

 1981-088A

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Molniya-3 (F18) was launched in Sep 1981 into the D plane, but the fourth stage exploded during the burn and the satellite was announced as Kosmos-1305. The satellite survived with only innocuous damage and was used for engineering and component lifetime tests.

Kosmos-1305
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Sep 11	0843	Launch by 8K78M	PL LC43
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	0851	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	0936?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
	0937	Blok-ML burn over 58S 245E
	0938?	T+56:07 Blok-ML failed
	0939?	T+56:54 ML sep
			625 x 13864 x 62.8
1981 Oct 1			263.71 628 x 13860 x 62.8
1981 Nov 15			263.74 630 x 13859 x 62.9